‘Never come to the U.S. again’: U.S. border officials launch review after video appears to show officer yelling at Ontario driver
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said it is conducting a “managerial review of this incident.” The agency didn’t confirm if the man was an employee.Â
°Õ³ó±ðÌýU.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency says it is conducting a “managerial review” after a video posted on Reddit Thursday shows what appears to be a CBP agent in a pickup truck speeding toward and yelling at an Ontario driver in New York state, about three kilometres from the Canadian border.
showed a man wearing a CBP Field Operations patch drive close behind the filming driver, before pulling up alongside them: “Never come to the U.S. again,” they could be heard saying.
After noticing the driver was filming, the supposed CBP officer slowed down, before speeding up and overtaking the driver without using a turn signal.
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The incident happened just before 8 a.m. Monday on exit 24 of Interstate 190, near Niagara, N.Y., according to the video. The poster said the purported CBP officer honked after noticing their Ontario plate.
The user who first posted the video did not immediately respond to the Star’s request for comment.
CBP is now conducting a “managerial review of this incident.”Â
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Spokesperson Mike Niezgoda told the Star over email that CBP “stresses honor and integrity in every aspect of our mission.
“CBP employees, officers and agents perform their duties with honor and distinction, working tirelessly every day to keep our country safe,” he said. “CBP is committed to ensuring that all employees are held to the highest standards of integrity, professionalism, and personal conduct.”
While CBP did not confirm whether the man in the video is an employee, the agency said it takes allegations of employee misconduct seriously and strives to be as transparent as possible through the release of investigative information .
The video has attracted tens of thousands of upvotes and hundreds of comments after being cross-posted across numerous subreddits.Â
“Yeah, I ain’t going any time soon,” one commenter wrote.
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